There’s bad news for all those of you looking forward to seeing Robin Windsor on Strictly Come Dancing 2014 – as a back injury has forced him out of the new series.

Windsor – who has been a part of the pro dancer line-up since 2010 – had been due to take his place in the starting line-up once again when the show returns to screens in the autumn.

However his ongoing back trouble has now put paid to his plans, leaving the dancer ‘devastated’.

He will be replaced by Australian dancer Trent Whiddon, who has appeared on Dancing With The Stars in both the US and Australia.

‘It’s been a really difficult decision,’ Robin said, ‘but I plan to focus 100 per cent on my recovery and hope to be back in the ballroom as soon as possible, doing what I love best,’ Windsor said.

Windsor will be replaced by this man, Dancing With The Stars’ Trent Whiddon (Picture: PA)

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‘In the mean time I wish the cast and crew best of luck with the new series which I’ll be watching every week.’

Windsor – who is dating former X Factor finalist Marcus Collins – also missed some weeks of the 2013 run due to back trouble, although he and his partner Deborah Meaden had already been eliminated from the competition by that point.

He has yet to notch up his first Strictly victory, but made it as far as the semi-final with Lisa Riley in 2012.

Windsor is not the only popular pro who will be absent from the 2014 series, following the departures of Artem Chigvintsev and James Jordan.

The show will also welcome newcomers Tristan MacManus and Joanne Clifton, sister of 2013 debutant Kevin.

Alan Hansen, Alison Hammond, Ross Kemp, Judy Murray, Mark Wright and rugby ace Thom Evans are among those rumoured to be taking part in the new series, with the line-up to be announced in due course.